A travelling exhibition of Irfan's works reaches Bangalore on Tuesday and is set to open at the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath the same evening. The cartoons, revealing a sharp political mind and remarkable craftsmanship, will be on display till April 29. A half-hour video film, in which Irfan speaks about himself and his work, will also be screened at the venue. After its successful stint in Chennai, the exhibition is currently on in Thiruvananthapuram. Bangalore is next, and then comes Hyderabad. The exhibition, put together by ``Friends of Irfan'', is being sponsored by The Indian Express, Outlook and Taj West End.

Irfan, born in 1964, went to Delhi to be a cartoonist -- something he always wanted to be. Starting as an illustrator with Computers Today, he found his feet as a cartoonist inSunday Observer, from where he moved to The Pioneer and later Outlook.

With his background in animation -- which he tried out at a Chennai studio for six months Irfan was machine-friendly and put his skills to good use in Outlook magazine while doing colour illustrations, covers and caricatures. All the while, his observation and conceptualisation of political trends and developments got increasingly focussed.

Irfan disappeared while he was driving back home from work on March 8. His body was discovered on March 13 with 28 stab wounds.